SVN is a code versioning tool, which has being gaining popularity over the more well known CVS.
Some SVN commands for server
- To run the SVN server serving out to your clients:
- svnserve -d -r c:/svnrepos/ –listen-port 7788
Start the daemon svn server, with repository under that directory, listening to port 7788.
- svnserve -d -r c:/svnrepos/ –listen-port 7788
- To create a new project in the repository.
- svnadmin create TestProject
- In the project repository conf directory (eg. c:/svnrepos/TestProject/conf/),
- Add users in ‘passwd’ file
Example:
jd = password - Add permissions in ‘authz’ file
Example:
[groups]
tribe_r = user1,user2
[/]
@tribe_r = r
jd = rw
- Add users in ‘passwd’ file
- Use TortoiseSVN to do an initial import.
Example of an URL:- svn://localhost:3690/TestProject
- When you need to do a migration (moving your repository to another computer, possibly with another),
- svnadmin dump c:/svnrepos/TestProject > TestProject.dumpfile
This will create a dump file of the entire TestProject repository - svnadmin create TestProjectNew
Create the new repository in the new computer.
- svnadmin dump c:/svnrepos/TestProject > TestProject.dumpfile
- svnadmin load TestProjectNew < TestProject.dumpfile
With load, your project repository will be migrated successfully! - Copy the passwd and authz files directly to set up the same access rights.
For client:
- Use TortoiseSVN to do a initial checkout with the same URL.
- Thereafter users can commit and update with the same URL.
- Client is as simple as that…
Resources:
- Collabnet SVN - Download both server and client with tortoise GUI